Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare If you’ve been following this week’s COVID-19 reporting module and the Interim Final Rule blogs, you’ve heard about the National Healthcare Safety Network and the requirement to report COVID-19 infections for residents and staff, etc. You may have even tried to log in to yesterday…… Continue reading Upcoming NHSN Webinars on the LTCF COVID-19 Module for Reporting
CMS Issues Interim Final Rule
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late in the afternoon of April 30, 2020, CMS issued the Interim Final Rule. This is a must-read so sit down and get started! “The policies in this IFC are applicable beginning on March 1, 2020, or January 27, 2020, except as further described in…… Continue reading CMS Issues Interim Final Rule
CMS Delays the Implementation of OASIS-E
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare 4/30/2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a delay for the Implementation of OASIS-E. In a Medicare and Medicaid interim final rule with comment period (IFC) [CMS-5531-IFC]. CMS communicated the following two paragraphs: “we want to provide maximum flexibilities for these providers to…… Continue reading CMS Delays the Implementation of OASIS-E
CMS COVID-19 Office Hours
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare Today’s April 30th COVID-19 Office Hours Call at 5 PM Eastern is canceled due to COVID-19-related activity at the agency. We look forward to sharing new information shortly and will resume Office Hours next week on Tuesday, May 5th at 5 PM Eastern. We apologize for…… Continue reading CMS COVID-19 Office Hours
COVID-19 USA Heat Map – ASCP and AMDA
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare If you’re a visual learner like me, you’ll appreciate this COVID-19 USA Heat Map. (I’ve added the bolding to verbiage in the next paragraph.) “The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine represent pharmacists, medical directors and health care providers and professionals in the skilled…… Continue reading COVID-19 USA Heat Map – ASCP and AMDA
Where to Turn for Help
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Where to Turn for Help is the title of the AHCA/NCAL guidance issued April 16, 2020. (Sorry I missed this earlier!) “It is clear that COVID-19 is especially threatening to residents in long term care settings. Most providers do not have access to the adequate…… Continue reading Where to Turn for Help
COVID-19 Module: System to Track Infections and Prevention Process Measures
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CDC’s NHSN (National Healthcare Safety Network) provides healthcare facilities, such as long-term care facilities (LTCF) with a customized system to track infections and prevention process measures in a systematic way. Tracking this information allows facilities to identify problems, improve care, and determine progress toward facility…… Continue reading COVID-19 Module: System to Track Infections and Prevention Process Measures
NIH Clinical Trial Shows Remdesivir Accelerates Recovery from Advanced COVID-19
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare Hospitalized patients with advanced COVID-19 and lung involvement who received Remdesivir recovered faster than similar patients who received placebo, according to a preliminary data analysis from a randomized, controlled trial involving 1063 patients, which began on February 21. The trial (known as the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment…… Continue reading NIH Clinical Trial Shows Remdesivir Accelerates Recovery from Advanced COVID-19
Updated Active Screening of Residents – AMDA/PALTC
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Back on March 18, 2020 (it seems like a year ago doesn’t it!), I blogged about the great resources available on the AMDA website. One of those resources was updated a couple of days ago – Active Screening of Residents. More common and less common…… Continue reading Updated Active Screening of Residents – AMDA/PALTC
Five-Star Technical Users’ Guide Updated
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted an updated Five-Star Technical Users’ Guide this morning, April 29, 2020. The following statement appears on the page prior to the Introduction page: April 2020 Revisions: Temporary Changes due to COVID-I9 On March 23, CMS announced a new, targeted inspection plan designed to…… Continue reading Five-Star Technical Users’ Guide Updated
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